AI News - January 20, 2025

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We're excited to bring you this week's roundup of the most fascinating AI news, updates, and breakthroughs! Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, and explore the incredible world of AI with us.

🔥 Top AI Stories of the Week

1. Perplexity.ai acquires read.cv, a social media platform for business professionals. [Link]

2. Metropolis, an AI powered parking platform, has acquired Oosto, a computer vision startup for 125 million USD in an all-stock deal. [Link]

3. Character.ai, a platform that allows users to chat with AI-created characters, is now testing out games that users can play with the AI characters. [Link]

4. OpenAI trains a new Large Language Model to assist with research into aging and longevity. [Link]

5. Colossal Biosciences raises 200 million USD to de-extinct the woolly mammoth and the Dodo bird using AI. [Link]

6. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will brief U.S. government officials on upcoming AI super-agents capable of performing complex tasks. [Link]

7. Microsoft releases MatterGen, a new generative AI model that will enable researchers to design new materials. [Link]

8. The growth of AI is outpacing security measures, warn experts. [Link]

9. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled his government’s plan to spend 17 billion UKP on AI data centers across the country. [Link]

10. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has referred a complaint about Snapchat’s AI to the Department of Justice. [Link]

11. Taiwan’s TSMC is investing 2.9 billion USD in a new AI chip foundry. [Link]